Toyota enhances a tellurian envoy for a destiny of a automobile with new character and features, starting during only $27,990 MSRP

The all-new Toyota Prius AWD-e starts during only $28,990 MSRP, featuring innovative record that offers higher control in sleet and sleet while progressing considerable fuel efficiency

TORONTO, ON – Feb 1, 2019 – Canadians already adore a cleaner opening and conspicuous fuel potency of a Toyota Prius – a world’s many renouned gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle. Now, Toyota is giving drivers new reasons to welcome a idol of unconventional motoring, as a 2019 Prius lineup introduces an innovative all-new AWD-e complement that boosts control when a continue turns foul. To celebrate, Toyota Canada is charity a 2019 Prius lineup – in front circle expostulate and all-wheel-drive editions – during starting MSRPs that make Prius tough to resist.

“We’re enhancing all Prius models with additional comforts and uninformed styling for 2019 – though a large news is a multiple of Prius hybrid opening and Toyota’s state of a art electric all-wheel-drive complement – AWD-e,” pronounced Cyril Dimitris, Vice President, Toyota Canada Inc. “Canadians adore a total certainty of all-wheel-drive and this year, a Prius becomes a initial hybrid newcomer automobile in a nation to offer energy and control during all 4 corners. Best of all, we are charity a Prius AWD-e during a surprisingly affordable cost – so many so, that we expect all-wheel-drive models will comment for roughly two-thirds of a Prius liftback sales this year.”

The 2019 Prius is built around a Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) – a pattern and engineering complement that closely integrates physique and powertrain growth to broach bolder styling, improved doing and efficiency, and higher comfort and safety.

For 2019, all Prius models underline newly polished front and back physique styling, including revised headlamps and tail lamps, along with new, grade-specific circle designs and twin new accessible colours: Supersonic Red and Electric Storm Blue. The 2019 Prius maintains a pointy silhouette, with a wind-cheating figure that contributes to a conspicuous fuel efficiency: only 4.4 L / 100 km for a FWD models, and 4.7 L / 100 km for a AWD-e models. (City/Highway combined.)

Inside, each 2019 Prius receives a uninformed demeanour with new, black accents by a cabin, including a steering circle and centre console. Notably, all models offer considerable interior space, with room for 1,855 L of load when a 60/40 separate back seats are folded: That’s some-more than in some tiny SUVs and many full-size sedans!

Under a hood, each 2019 Prius is built around a Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive featuring a 1.8L four-cylinder Atkinson cycle engine, an electronically tranquil invariably non-static transmission, high-capacity storage batteries and worldly energy government system. The Prius FWD comforts a high-torque electric engine intent on a front spindle and Lithium Ion storage battery.

The new Prius AWD-e models underline a newly-developed Nickel-Metal Hydride battery designed to yield glorious opening in cold-weather conditions, and high-torque electric motors on both axles. These motors broach on-demand all-wheel-drive performance, and a AWD complement is designed to automatically return to FWD opening when it’s not indispensable to maximize fuel efficiency.

Every 2019 Prius also expresses Toyota’s care in reserve systems, headlined by Toyota Safety Sense P. This gold of active reserve technologies enhances motorist capabilities to assistance equivocate accidents or lessen their effects. It includes a Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection, Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist, Automatic High Beams, and Full Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control. Other reserve systems embody a automobile vicinity presentation complement to assistance warning pedestrians and cyclists when a Prius is handling in electric automobile mode, a Toyota Star Safety System, 8 atmosphere bags, a fill-in camera, active front headrests with whiplash protection, and arguable LED lighting – including headlamps, daytime using lights, back multiple lamps and high-mount stop lamp.

The 2019 Prius is offering in a choice of powertrains and packages, as follows:

This indication might also be systematic as a 2019 Toyota Prius AWD-e Technology Advanced with a starting MRSP of $34,790. This indication is extended with several record features, highlighted by a head-up arrangement that discretely displays a speedometer, navigation and hybrid complement indicator in a driver’s line of sight. Other upgrades embody Toyota’s Adaptive Front Lighting complement with automobile leveling headlamps, clearway and backup sensors, and an integrated garage doorway opener.

The 2019 Toyota Prius FWD and all-new 2019 Toyota Prius AWD-e go are now on sale during Toyota Dealers opposite Canada. For finish and adult to date sum and specifications covering a whole Prius line up, revisit www.toyota.ca/prius

About Toyota Canada Inc.

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is a disdainful Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota has sole over 8 million vehicles in Canada by a inhabitant network of 287 Toyota and Lexus dealerships. Toyota is dedicated to bringing safety, quality, dependability and trustworthiness in a vehicles Canadians expostulate and a use they receive. TCI’s conduct bureau is located in Toronto, with informal offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax and tools placement centres in Toronto and Vancouver. Toyota operates twin prolongation comforts in Canada. Having constructed some-more than 8 million vehicles, renouned Canadian models built during these comforts embody Toyota RAV4, Toyota Corolla, Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h hybrid. Recent investments during a comforts in Ontario will concede for increasing prolongation of a top-selling Toyota RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid models.